Though most of the fan fictions I see take place mainly at Hogwarts in Scotland, here are some names you'd find among Hogwarts students in the Mauraders era, the Golden Trio era, the next gen era, as well as some French, American, and Russian names, in case you wanted to write about the other wizarding schools.
MAURADERS
they attended hogwarts from 1971 to 1978, meaning they were born around 1959. here are some classic names from around that time that would have fit right in.
- Alfred
- Anne
- Charles
- Henry
- Jane
- Louise
- Mary
- Ralph
- Sally
- William/ Willie/ Will
GOLDEN TRIO
the golden trio was born in 1979/1980, so these are all names that would have been popular around then (you can also refer to the names in my stranger things/ it section).
- Audrey
- Corey
- Diana
- Edward
- Holly
- Lindsey
- Phillip
- Renee
- Shaun
- Tyler
NEXT GEN
these kiddos would have been born in the early 2000s. since everything goes, most of these are fairly common names with scottish origins
- Bonnie
- Campbell
- Carson
- Elsie
- Kerr
- Maisie
- Monroe
- Rory
- Rowan
- Wiley
ILVERMORNY
some pretty "american" names i think should be used more
- Brinley
- Daxton
- Georgia
- Imala
- Kaiden
- Kierra
- Malia
- Scout
- Susie
- Taron
BEAUBAXTONS
names with french origins/ popular names in france (and yes boys went to beaubatons too!)
- Adette
- Aveline
- Beau
- Cabot
- Evrard
- Indre
- Julien
- Madelle
- Marcel
- Talie
DRUMSTRANG
names with russian origins/ popular names in russia (girls went here too!)
- Alexei
- Bogdan
- Ilari
- Karlin
- Kostya
- Lida
- Maksim
- Pavel
- Sergo
- Zoa
ASTROLOGICAL NAMES
throwing this in because many pureblooded families used names like draco, romulus, and andromeda- based on stars and constellations.
- Aquila
- Cassiopeia
- Caelum
- Cygnus
- Indus
- Libra
- Lysandra
- Orion
- Sagitta
- Vela
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